Author Archives: Emuna Daily

מי כעמך ישראל

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Emuna Daily

“You didn’t shampoo your hair so we can’t operate!” This shocking statement was made by a nurse to the wife of the head of a Day School in Minneapolis who had not been given instructions on how to prepare herself … Continue reading →

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Want to Want

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A Bachur came for an acceptance interview to Yeshiva Shor Yoshuv. The Rosh Yeshiva Harav Shlomo Freifeld asked him “Do you want to learn?” “No” replied the boy “but I want to want to learn.” Rav Shlomo loved the answer and warmly accepted the boy , who today is … Continue reading →

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Complete Teshuvah

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Emuna Daily

At what point does a person attain complete teshuvah? When a person is faced with the same situation in which he originally sinned, with the ability and desire to repeat the sin, yet refrains from sinning on account of his teshuvah – this … Continue reading →

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A Student and Child

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Emuna Daily

When a Jew studies Torah he is as a student before G‑d, his teacher, Whose wisdom he is studying. When a Jew prays, he is as a child before his father. ~ R’ Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson zt”l

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Excuses are What You Find for the Other Guy

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Emuna Daily

As thinking human beings, we have an unlimited capacity to find excuses, to discover ingenious and innovative ways to distance the perpetrator from the act. We can blame it on youth, on old age, on parents, on children, on financial … Continue reading →

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Seize the Moment

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Emuna Daily

If you have an impulse to do teshuvah, don’t dismiss it.  That impulse is a message from Hashem Yisbarach.  Surely no one would disregard a message that comes directly from the King of kings.  Can there be a greater contempt of G-d … Continue reading →

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Benefit of the Doubt

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Emuna Daily

You are obligated to give a mitzvah observer the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.  Furthermore, you must even refrain from disliking such a person because of his misdeeds.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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Where One Could Aways Go

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A young hippie in San Francisco was once experimenting with acid.  During that vulnerable time, a tough looking motorcyclist with a swastika tattooed on his arm entered the room.  In his state of mind, he was sure that this biker … Continue reading →

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How we Treat Others

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Everyone is good to a dying man – how good we would be to each other if we fully realized that we were all dying. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l

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Emes v. Sheker

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Emuna Daily

The Hebrew word for “truth – Emes” is composed of the three letters that are the first, middle, and last letters of the alphabet.  The three Hebrew letters that spell “falsehood – Sheker” stand next to one another.  This tells … Continue reading →

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